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E. F. SHAW.

Churn.

Patented July N4, 1868.

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To ALL WHoMiIT MAY CONCERN:

Be'it known that I, EUGENE F. SHAW, of Wyoming, in the county of Kent,and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inChurns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to that class of churns which are moved by 'meansof gear-wheels, and consists in a peculiar arrangement and combinationof gear-wheels, pinions, weight, and' oscillating-.churn orcream-vessel. In the accompanying drawings-` Figure lvrepresents thefront view of my churn.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section of the same, upon red line z x,fig. 1. Y

In the construction of my'ehurn, a"suitable frame, A, fig. 1, is firstmade, with a box B and C for enclosing the gearing and weight. Upon thisframe is suspended a cream-vessel, D, by means of a cross-bar, E. Thiscream-vessel is provided with a dasher,F, which is held inaperpendicular position, by means of the cross-bar E, which is providedwith hooks F, forsupporting the vessel D upon the shaft, and dctachingthe same when desired.

Thechurn or cream-vessel is swung hack and forth by means of a weight,W, fig. 2, in connection with the gear-wheels and pinion now to bedescribed.

Avcord, G, passes over the pulley-wheel II, lto the spool I, upon whichthe cord may be wound by a key upon the shaft z', iig. 1, thus elevatingthe -weight, as seen in iig. 2. This shaft z' carries a gear-wheel, K,which engages the pinion L, thus multiplying the motion of this pinion,and the goal-wheel M, which engages a second pinion, N, upon the shaftof gear-wheel O, which engages another pinion P, upon the shaft of thecrank-wheel, R, Iig. 1. The motion thus three times multiplied, istransferred from the crank-wheel Vto the c means of the connecting-rods,Iig. V1.

The operation is as follows The Creamer milk being put into the vesselD, the weight W is wound up, and

then left to move the gear-wheels and do the churning, whilethedairy-women may attend to other duties until the butter comes.

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The size of the weight W may be varied according to circumstances, thusregulating the power and speed at pleasure. The butter collects'in tworolls, one each side of the dasher. i

I do not broadly claim the use of lgear-wheels, pinions, and a weight,for operating chui-ns automatically,

but confine my claims to the peculiar arrangement and combination abovedescribed.

Havingthus fully described my invention- I claim the oscillating-vesselD, provided with the cross-bar E and dashcr F, in combination with thegearwheels K-M O, and their shafts and pinions, and the spool I, cord G,and weight W, all arranged and operating substantially in the mannerspecified.

EUGENE F. SHAW.

Witnesses: l

G. C. Pinnen, P; R. L. Parken.

